I make oversized lap quilts. Since I tend to give most of my quilts away, I want my loved ones to USE them to death. Lap quilts can be used on the couch, on the floor, in the car, at a picnic, at the cool evening ball game, and thrown on the bed as an extra cover. My niece said she takes hers everywhere she goes. I'd rather them have a quilt they can drag around and love than one that just lays on a bed and looks pretty and never gets used.
However, I do tell them, as I hand them the quilt, that I have only one request - don't let me see being used in the dog bed or as a floor cover when changing the oil in their car LOL!